All the things we completely forgot happened in 2018.

Kids from Parkland, Florida, became galvanising leaders after yet another preventable school shooting.

We had not one but TWO royal weddings, and staunch republicans threw on a tiara and critiqued the very problematic British monarchy as they shed a tear at the astounding romance of the whole thing.

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Here’s a recap of everything you forgot happened in 2018:

January

On January 1 of this year, Time’s Up, a movement against sexual harassment led by Hollywood celebrities, was founded.

The organisation set up a legal defence fund for sexual violence victims and by October, 2018, had raised more than $22 million.

On January 18 a story about a ‘poop knife‘ went viral, and I GET TO DECIDE WHAT GETS INCLUDED OK?

A Reddit user who chose not to disclose his name (for reasons that will become clear) shared a story about how his family own a ‘poop knife’ because they, and I quote, “poop big”.

They use a knife to cut their excrement into smaller pieces in order for it to be flushed. This young man learned that a ‘poop knife’ was not a feature of the average family home the hard way, when he inquired at a friend’s house, “Hey, can you get me the poop knife?”

No one else has a poop knife, mate.

Yes.

That’s how this year started.

February

In February, Pyeongchang, South Korea, held the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and everyone cared a lot about figure skating for two weeks.

April

On April 23, 10 people were killed and another 16 injured in Toronto, when a man named Alek Minassian drove his vehicle into a crowd of people.

The event was the catalyst for a broader conversation about ‘incels‘, a subculture of men who identify as involuntarily celibate.

May

On May 19, we had a royal wedding and everyone lost their minds. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle married in front of an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion. I refuse to write anything else on the matter.

On May 24 a referendum was held in Ireland, with 66.4% of the population voting to repeal the ban on abortion. Reform is underway.

June

On June 5, American designer Kate Spade died by suicide, which was the catalyst for a larger conversation about mental health.

On June 13, Comedian Eurydice Dixon was walking home from a gig in Melbourne when she was murdered by a stranger. The story horrified the nation, leading to public vigils.

On June 24, Saudi Arabia allowed women to drive.

In late June, the news story broke of 12 boys and their football coach trapped inside the flooded Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand. They were not found for nine days.

July

On July 2 the group was found alive inside the pitch black cave. The rescue effort involved more than 10,000 people, including 100 divers. One diver, Saman Kunan, a former Thai Navy SEAL, died of asphyxiation on July 6 while delivering air supplies.

By July 10, after being trapped in the cave for 17 days, all 12 boys and their coach were rescued, an effort which had been considered impossible by multiple experts. The bravery of the boys and the divers, who underwent one of the most dangerous dives imaginable, was applauded internationally.

On July 26 the share price of Facebook dropped by almost 20 per cent due to the infamous data leak scandal. This equated to a drop of more than $109 billion, making it the largest single day loss in all of history.